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The
Antrim McDonnells
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Author |
Angela
Sykes McDonnell of Antrim |
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Publishers
Ulster Television Limited. |
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ISBN |
B0006D1MJ4 |
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The warlike
family history of the McDonnells, Earls of Antrim emerges
from the age of myth and mystery, romanticised in poetry
and' song by the Bards, distorted by folklore and clarified
by modern research. This ancient and noble family traces its
ancestry as far back as Colla, son of Ailach, daughter of
the King of Alba (Scotland) McDonnells, MacDonnells and
MacDonalds all share the same 'roots' they are an intrinsic
part of the history of Northern Ireland and Western
Scotland; and an important and robust clan now to be found
in all parts of the world.
Angela, Dowager Countess of
Antrim has both written and illustrated this impressive book
on the history of the Antrim McDonnells; the style is
humorous even satirical but her research is original and
scholarly. As Sir John Betjeman, the poet laureate, says in
his foreword: "She has an inherent comic line so that her
drawings are slightly risible, particularly on solemn
occasions."
Sculptor and
Cartoonist, Lady Antrim was born in Yorkshire in 1911 the
third daughter of the late Sir Mark Sykes, Bart, MP. In 1934
she married Randal Somerled John McDonnell, 13th Earl of
Antrim. Educated privately she studied sculpture and drawing
from the age of fifteen in Brussels and Rome. At seventeen
she had two large works accepted by the Royal Academy and
has exhibited in London, Dublin and Belfast in mixed shows
and held one man exhibitions in The Beaux Arts and Hamet
galleries in London.
The Antrim
McDonnells is a large hard-backed book of impressive
proportions, measuring 11.75 inches deep and 15.75 inches
wide, with a superb full colour dust cover. There are
sixty-six pages including thirty-one full page black and
white illustrations. Each book is individually signed by the
author.
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